I think the #reward for being very good and the #punishment for being insufficiently good are unbalanced.

"...[#Perchta] would know whether the children and young servants of the household had behaved well and worked hard all year. If they had, they might find a small silver coin the next day, in a shoe or pail. If they had not, she would slit their bellies open, remove their stomach and guts, and stuff the hole with straw and pebbles. She was particularly concerned to see that girls had spun the whole of their allotted portion of flax or wool during the year. She would also slit people's bellies open and stuff them with straw if they ate something on the night of her #feast day, other than the traditional meal of #fish and gruel."

Oooh! A coin!

#Alpine #Pagan #Christmas #epiphany #goddess
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perchta

Something to read for today....

#german #alpine #paganism

The #Perchta

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perchta

There's still time to get on board! Creepy Christmas Creatures is a #book featuring the winter #monsters of European #folklore, such as #krampus, #marilwyd, #perchta, #yulecat, and #gryla.
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